Typewriter roll label holder

ABSTRACT

A device for fastening a container of roll lables to the carriage frame of a typewriter to permit convenient typewriting on the labels. The device is formed of wire which is bent so as to fasten onto a stabilizing bar mounted on the rear of the typewriter carriage, with the wire shaped to firmly hold the container of labels, while permitting the labels to unroll into the typewriter carriage as required.

United States Patent [191 Madore [451 May 14, 1974 TYPEWRITER ROLL LABEL HOLDER [75] Inventor: Roger J. Madore, Sudbury, Mass.

[73] Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization Inc., New York, NY. a part interest 22 1 Filed: June 13, 1972 [21 Appl No.: 262,273

[52] 11.5. C1 197/133 R [51] Int. Cl B4lj 15/00 [58] Field of Search 197/130, 131, 133 R, 180,

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3.476.230 11/1969 Hunter 197/133 R 2,080,986 5/1937 Pierce 197/133 R 631,600 8/1899 Van Devanter 197/133 R 840,384 l/l907 Scoggin 197/133 R 980,111 12/1910 Martin l97/181.l

' 1,170,217 2/1916 Buffum et a1. ..197/131 3,176,660 4/1965 Selscr 197/180 X Primary E.rami rzerErnest T. Wright, Jr. Attorney, Agent. or Firm-Howard 1. Podell [57] ABSTRACT A device for fastening a container of roll lables to the carriage frame of a typewriter to permit convenient typewriting on the labels. The device is formed of wire which is bent so as to fasten onto a stabilizing bar mounted on the rear of the typewriter carriage, with the wire shaped to firmly hold the container of labels, while permitting the labels to unroll into the typewriter carriage as required.

1 Claim, 3 Drawing Figures 1 TYPEWRITER ROLL LABEL HOLDER SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to a device for holding a roll of labels on the carriage of a typewriter so as to permit the labels to be readily typed upon as required.

An advantage of this device is that it may be readily fastened or removed from the typewriter carriage without interfering with the other functions of the typewriter.

A further advantage of this device is that the label roll which is fastened to the carriage of the .typewriter may be left in the fastened position while the typewriter is used for other purposes.

The device consists of a bent wire frame which terminates at each end in U-shaped clips which fasten to a bar forming the back of the typewriter carriage. The wire frame is bent in the mid-section either to form a spindle to hold a roll of labels, or to form an external frame which wraps about the exterior of a rectangular box containing such labels.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING The objects and features of the invention may be understood with reference to the following detailed description of an illustrative embodiment of the invention, taken together with the accompanying drawing in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the device fastened to the back of a typewriter carriage;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the embodiment of the invention which fastens externally about the label container; and

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the embodiment of the invention which fastens through the hollow central axis of a roll of labels.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Turning now descriptively to the drawing, in which similar reference characters denote similar elements throughout the several views, FIG. 1 illustrates a container or box 16 of a roll 42 of paper tape 43 of labels mounted in the device 40 which is fastened by U- shaped clips 15 to a horizontal bar 14 forming the back of the carriage 13 of a typewriter 12, so that paper tape 43 feeds around typewriter carriage roller 41.

An embodiment of the device utilized to externally hold the box 16 which contains the labels is illustrated in FIG. 2. In describing the shape of the device 40 or the embodiment 10, the directions used in the description will refer to a device 10 mounted on the rear of a typewriter carriage 13, as seen from the position of the typist. The device 10 is formed of stiff wire and terminates at each end in U-shaped hooks which fit over the rear bar 14 of the typewriter carriage 13. Each U-shaped hook 15 joins a vertical section 21 of the frame which travels downward to join a horizontal section 22 of the frame. Horizontal sections 22 travel parallel to the axis of the typewriter carriage 13 and towards the center of the carriage 13, being joined near the mid-section of the device 10 by horizontal sections 23 which travel rearward away from the carriage l3. Horizontal sections 23 support the bottom of the label container 16, and horizontal sections 23 each join a vertical section 24 which travels upwards, forming the rear support for a container 16 of labels. Each vertical section 24 joins a horizontal rear support section 25 which lies parallel to the carriage axis. Each horizontal section 25 extends from the rear vertical support 24 towards the respective end of the carriage 13 to join an end horizontal support section 26 which travels from the rear vertical support 24 forwards to the typewriter carriage 13. Each end horizontal support section 26 joins the common mid-horizontal member 27 which travels parallel to the carriage axis.

As shown in FIG. 2 the device 10 is formed essentially as a bent section of wire which externally supports a rectangular box 16 containing labels, said frame being bent so as to wrap about the bottom, and four vertical sides of the periphery of said container 16, preventing the container 16 from moving sideways or downwards with respect to the wire frame, but permitting box 16 to be readily lifted out of the frame, by upward movement of the box 16 with respect to the installed device 10.

The embodiment of the device shown in FIG. 3 consists of a frame-30 which fastens through the hollow axis of a roll of labels to maintain the labels fixed to the carriage 13 of a typewriter 12. Frame 30 terminates at each end in U-shaped hooks 37 which are each joined by a vertical section 31 to the horizontal section 32 that runs parallel to the carriage axis. Each horizontal section 32 joins a mid-vertical section 33, with both midvertical sections 33 running adjacent to each other and reinforcing each other. Mid-vertical sections 33 are each joined to a horizontal spindle section 34 which forms the support spindle for a roll of labels and which lies parallel to the axis of the typewriter carriage 13. The horizontal spindle sections 34 are each bent vertically at their end to be joined together by lip sections 35. Lip sections 35 act as an end stop to prevent a roll of labels from sliding off the spindle sections 34.

In the preferred size of both embodiments, U-shapedhooks 15 or 37 are spaced a distance of 12.5 inches from each other.

Since obvious changes may be made in the specific embodiment of the invention described herein, it is indicated that all matter contained herein is intended as illustrative and not as limiting in scope.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim a new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A shaped wire frame for fastening a roll of paper tape retained in a rectangular box to the back of a carriage frame of a typewriter, so that a continuous length of paper tape from the roll in said box may be fed around a roller mounted on said typewriter carriage frame for purposes of typing on said paper tape, said wire frame being formed so that a box containing a roll of paper tape may be readily inserted in, or removed from said wire frame, with said wire frame formed so as .to be readily attachable to, or detachable from said typewriter carriage frame,

said wire frame being formed of wire rod, each end of which is shaped in the form of a U-shaped hook of a size to fasten to one end of a typewriter carriage frame, with said wire frame shaped so that the axis of said wire frame is oriented parallel to the axis of said carriage frame when the wire'frame is attached by means of the said hook at each end of said wire frame to opposing ends of said typewriter carriage,

4 box freely inserted into said enclosure when said enclosure is empty,

said enclosure being located in said wire frame so that when said wire frame is fastened to said carriage frame the paper tape on the roll inside said container box installed in said enclosure is free to feed around the roller of said typewriter carriage frame. 

1. A shaped wire frame for fastening a roll of paper tape retained in a rectangular box to the back of a carriage frame of a typewriter, so that a continuous length of paper tape from the roll in said box may be fed around a roller mounted on said typewriter carriage frame for purposes of typing on said paper tape, said wire frame being formed so that a box containing a roll of paper tape may be readily inserted in, or removed from said wire frame, with said wire frame formed so as to be readily attachable to, or detachable from said typewriter carriage frame, said wire frame being formed of wire rod, each end of which is shaped in the form of a U-shaped hook of a size to fasten to one end of a typewriter carriage frame, with said wire frame shaped so that the axis of said wire frame is oriented parallel to the axis of said carriage frame when the wire frame is attached by means of the said hook at each end of said wire frame to opposing ends of said typewriter carriage, said wire frame being shaped to form an enclosure of a shape to support the bottom and four sides of a rectangular-shaped container box in which a roll of paper tape is retained, with said wire frame enclosure being open about the top of said rectangular-shaped container box when said container box is installed in said enclosure and said wire frame is attached to said typewriter carriage, so that said contAiner box may be readily lifted out of said enclosure, and a similar rectangular-shaped container box freely inserted into said enclosure when said enclosure is empty, said enclosure being located in said wire frame so that when said wire frame is fastened to said carriage frame the paper tape on the roll inside said container box installed in said enclosure is free to feed around the roller of said typewriter carriage frame. 